Sporting-shoe.



D. J. GOLDEN.

SPORTING SHOE APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1912.

1,039,518. Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

UNITED sures PATENT o FIoE.

DANIEL J. GOLDEN, OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS.

- SPORTING-SHOE.

certain improvements in a shoe of this character whereby it rendered more desirable in certain respects to the wearer.

The invention consists in the improvenents which I will now proceed to describe .31? claim.

Of the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents a longitudlnal sectional View of .1 sporting shoe embodying my invention. Big. 2 represents a section on line 2-2'0l 1, and a plan view of the parts below 3represents a section on line ;:)--o of Fig. 4 represents a section of Fig. 9. Fig. 5 represents a view of theirmer sole detached. Fig. 6 represents a section on line 6-4? of Fig. 5.

The sat r reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The outer sole of my in'iproved shoe coni prises a heel oortion 12, a shank portion 13 5 am a fore portion let. all being preferably made from a single piece of sole leather. The inner sole comprises a heel portion 15, a shank port-ion 1G and a fore portion 17, all made from a single leather of suitable thickness for an inner sole.- The inner sole is provided with longitudinally extended recesses in the edges oi its shank port-ion. these recesses considerably reducing the Width of the shank pc ion. as sho vn by Fig. 5. The :per 19 ore portion secured to the e portion oi? he outer sole preferably bywelt which attached to the upperand tel-court or the inner sole by the usual, T chcs 1g and to the outer sole by hes 22. he Welt connec ween the upper and outer sole tern1i-- or t e forvard ends of the- 18 in the inner sole. The upper is to th shanl-t portion of the outer heel portionsJZ and 15 of inner soles by stitches 23, the

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed m 5, 1912.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912. Serial No. 707,818.

edges of the upper being turned'inW-ardly upon the upper surface of the outer sole, as shown by Figs. 2 and 4. The stitches commence at or near the points Where the inseam stitches 21 terminate, and extend along the shank portion of the outer sole outside the edges of the shank portion of the inner sole, as shown by Figs. 2 and l, the upper being thus united to the shank por- 55 tion of the outer sole without being united to the shank portion 16 of the inner sole. The edge of the heel portion of the upper is interposed between the heel portions of the inner and outer soles and the stitches 23 pass through the heel portion of the inner sole and corresponding edge portion of the upper, and are engaged with the heel portion.of the outer sole, said'stitches being preferably laid ina channel 25 in the heel and shank portions of the outer sole, as indicated by Figs. 1 and 4. 5

The fore portion 17 of the inner sole is provided with an opening 26 Which is beveled or undendut, as shown by Fig. 6. 30 In this opening is fitted a pad 27 of sheet cork or other materialadapted to form an elastic or yielding surface. The edges of the pad are beveled, shown by Figs. 1 and 3, to fit the beveled edge o'f'the opening 26. 5 The edges of the pad are therefore, held down by the edges of the opening". The pad is further confined by the heads 28 of rivets employed to secure spur plates 29 to the tread face of the outer sole, said heads bearing on portions of the pad 27, as shown by Fig.2.

It has been found in practice that a cork pad located as shown materially increases the comfort of the wearer of the shoe and the desirability of the shoe. A spur plate 30 is attached to the heel portions of the outer and inner soles by rivets havineg l'leads 31 bearing on portions of the upper surface of the heel portion of the inner sole. It will now be seen that the shank portion 16 of the inner sole is free to be flexed outwardly 'from the inner sole by the bending of the shoe, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

'The shank portion is thus caused to press 1.05

closely against the arch of the WGEIIEWSA foot when the shoe is bent or flexed. The support thus afi'orded for the arch is very acceptable to ball players and further increases the desirability of the shoe. The recesses 18 formed in the shank portion of the inner sole, not only increase the flexibility of the e w A of the in sole.

2. A. sporting shoe, comprising; an outer sole having a heel portion, an inner soie having also a heel porfiup r; and. longitudinal recesses in its shank edges harming :1 narrow flexible shank portion, an upper attached to the heel portions of the inner snci outer soles by stitches passing through both of said heel portions, and to the shank port-ion of the outer sole by stitches located. outside the edges of the recesses in the shank por tion of the inner sole, and e Welt stitched to the fore part of the upper @116. to the fore part of the outer sole, the shank portion A. sporting shoe having an ope 'ing 1e fore part of its Inner sole, the e ges opening being beveied outwar 1y pad filling said openmg and having ondingly beveled edges, and rivets through the outer and inher soles 'ng heed; hearing on portions of the face of the pad mrting shoe having on opening in rt of its inner sole, the edges mine; being beveled outwardly vper surface of the inner sole,

ing com v mdingly beveled edges, and a. spurred plate hearing on the tread surface of the ewe? and atcached 50 the outer and inner soies by rivets having heads bear-v ing on pwtiens of the upper surface of the pad.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my siglmli-ul'e, in presence of two witnesses,

DANIEL 3. GOLDEN. Witnesses (1 F. BROWN, P. "W. PEZZETTI.

upper surface of fqhe inner 5016, an

.1 filling said. opening and how 

